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the obama administration's climate change rules on power plants, part of the terrorists climate agreement. clean power plant sought to cut 32% of the emissions. the secretary made the announcement alongside mitch mcconnell. tonight on "the communicators," from the black cat conference -- black hat conference in las vegas. a discussion on foreign adversaries and terrorists. >> the device controlling the
the obama administration's climate change rules on power plants, part of the terrorists climate agreement. clean power plant sought to cut 32% of the emissions. the secretary made the announcement alongside mitch mcconnell. tonight on "the communicators," from the black cat conference -- black hat conference in las vegas. a discussion on foreign adversaries and terrorists. >> the device controlling the
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as far as the obama administration is concerned, the more transparency that we have, the better. we have the early-reporting system to improve transparency going forward. >> the consumers can report their complaints to nhtsa as well. when the consumer reports of the safety problem directly, does this go into a public data base, but if a consumer does not know about this complaint, they will take the safety problem to a car company. this becomes confidential business information, without a requirement that the public should be notified? should this also be forced to made -- to be made public as part of a public report? >> this administration believes in transparency. we would like to talk to you, going forward, about how we can make this more transparent. >> this information? >> -- >> should i have had this information as the owner of a toyota camry? >> we would speak to you on a going-forward basis. >> president clinton tried to implement the early-warning system, for the maximum public availability of the inflammation. this clearly has not happened. my goal right now is to work
as far as the obama administration is concerned, the more transparency that we have, the better. we have the early-reporting system to improve transparency going forward. >> the consumers can report their complaints to nhtsa as well. when the consumer reports of the safety problem directly, does this go into a public data base, but if a consumer does not know about this complaint, they will take the safety problem to a car company. this becomes confidential business information, without a...
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i did not often agree with the obama administration on foreign policy, but i think president obama did the right thing in 2010 when he allowed cuban-americans to travel as much as they wanted. no more restrictions. before that, if you were a cuban-american in miami, and your mother and father were in havana and your father died, you would have to decide -- do i go to his funeral or will my mother die within three years because i can only travel once every three years. what an awful, awful thing we did to cuban-american families. but then, that was lifted. they started traveling. that happened to coincide with a time when the castro's realized they could not employee every -- we could not employee every cuban. they were allowing cubans to work in the growing private sector in cuba. the travel of cuban americans increased remittances that president obama also allowed for seed capital for cuban entrepreneurs. over five years, you went from almost zero private sector employment in cuba, to now today 25% of the workforce and cuba is , employed in a private sector. running a bed and breakfas
i did not often agree with the obama administration on foreign policy, but i think president obama did the right thing in 2010 when he allowed cuban-americans to travel as much as they wanted. no more restrictions. before that, if you were a cuban-american in miami, and your mother and father were in havana and your father died, you would have to decide -- do i go to his funeral or will my mother die within three years because i can only travel once every three years. what an awful, awful thing...
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i did not often agree with the obama administration on foreign policy, but i think president obama did the right thing in 2010 when he allowed cuban-americans to travel as much as they wanted. no more restrictions. before that, if you were a cuban-american in miami, and your mother and father were in havana and your father died, you would have to decide -- do i go motherfuneral or will my die within three years because i can only travel once every three years. what an awful, awful thing we did to cuban-american families. and that was lifted. they started traveling. aat happened to coincide with time when the castro's realized they could not employee every cuban. they had a growing private sector in cuba. the trouble of cuban americans increased remittances that president obama also allowed for seed capital for cuban entrepreneurs. over five years, you went from almost zero private sector employment and cuba to today, 25% of the workforce and cuba is employed in a private sector. breakfast,ed and private restaurant, taxicab services, beauty salons. they are making good money by the stan
i did not often agree with the obama administration on foreign policy, but i think president obama did the right thing in 2010 when he allowed cuban-americans to travel as much as they wanted. no more restrictions. before that, if you were a cuban-american in miami, and your mother and father were in havana and your father died, you would have to decide -- do i go motherfuneral or will my die within three years because i can only travel once every three years. what an awful, awful thing we did...
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administration. it appears to be going to war for the president. host: stephen nelson couples the white house for the washington examiner. thank you for your time this money. -- stephen nelson covers the white house for "the washington examiner." thank you for your time this morning. to florida. we have tom on the line. good morning. caller: good morning. i just want to say that trump needs an intervention on twitter. -- heds to keep his words promised the american people that all americans would get cheaper health care. that is not happening. he needs to denounce the kkk and like many republican politicians. host: did you vote for president trump? caller: yes. host: do you think his comments this week risk branding the gop as a party that is open to racial intolerance? caller: that is his problem. that is the problem he has right now. he needs to come onto television like ronald reagan and the bushes and say we don't support your nazis. simple as that. how hard is that? i do not support david duke,
administration. it appears to be going to war for the president. host: stephen nelson couples the white house for the washington examiner. thank you for your time this money. -- stephen nelson covers the white house for "the washington examiner." thank you for your time this morning. to florida. we have tom on the line. good morning. caller: good morning. i just want to say that trump needs an intervention on twitter. -- heds to keep his words promised the american people that all...
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andrew: let me give you an example that is equivalent to the obama administration. defensible,k it was but i don't think the intent and the way he behaved as anything like as dangerous as donald trump. here is a classic example. here's a man who has faced obstruction within his own party and has been unable to construct a workable majority for any of the proposals he has constructed. the fact that he is too incompetent to be a dictator -- [laughter] [applause] the fact that the constitutional order of the united states for the last 240 years of the last nine months has not collapsed is not a great achievement. here is the qr he has been trying to pass for the last nine months. that is the affordable care act, which is the law of the land. he is required to effectively enforce the law of the land. he has been unable to change the law of the land, so what is he doing? he is sabotaging it, using his office to sabotage and undermine the laws of the land at the expense of millions of people potential health insurance and health care. [applause] that seems to be sabotagin
andrew: let me give you an example that is equivalent to the obama administration. defensible,k it was but i don't think the intent and the way he behaved as anything like as dangerous as donald trump. here is a classic example. here's a man who has faced obstruction within his own party and has been unable to construct a workable majority for any of the proposals he has constructed. the fact that he is too incompetent to be a dictator -- [laughter] [applause] the fact that the constitutional...
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can do and your assessment so far of how the obama administration has reacted? >> we had the prime minister of georgia just the other day. we have a coffee with an -- with him the other day. i was the first -- yes. i was the first u.s. official to uh -- when russia came into georgia and the first official to go up to witness the bombings and what russia had done with their tanks and other artillery. and what you see happening right now in the ukraine brings back those memories. there is concern. another have been reports that russia is printing of passports. if you remember, that is exactly what they did in georgia. they sent passports and to many of the russian oriented people there. over time they claim that they did not come into the country to protect people that had an affiliation with russia. and so, you know, you saw the exercises that were announced yesterday. obviously they have a very important naval base, very important naval base. and dominion know, i continue to be concerned that we will see a replay of what we saw in georgia because i think the int
can do and your assessment so far of how the obama administration has reacted? >> we had the prime minister of georgia just the other day. we have a coffee with an -- with him the other day. i was the first -- yes. i was the first u.s. official to uh -- when russia came into georgia and the first official to go up to witness the bombings and what russia had done with their tanks and other artillery. and what you see happening right now in the ukraine brings back those memories. there is...
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under the obama administration, what you had was cutting the truth, cutting the funding, putting the cash on pallets, sending it to people that do not wish us well. just taking money out of the military that they needed to go do their mission. that is what you would have had. [bell] >> governor, your response. mr. bredesen: let's just say, i am not really proposing or running a campaign based on putting cash on pallets and sending it to our enemies. i actually think this is a serious subject. our military strength. i am very open to the idea of changing things, but i want to do it very carefully. we have a successful military, and it is the strongest in the world. let's not mess around until we know what we are doing. >> thank you. itjust today, ford announced would be cutting its workforce by as much as 12% due in part to , tariffs on steel. intimacy, all of the statewide elected republican officials has codified -- criticized the tariffs on steel and soybean, saying it is hurting workers and farmers. trumpeek, president unveiled his new nafta plan called usmca, designed to help ten
under the obama administration, what you had was cutting the truth, cutting the funding, putting the cash on pallets, sending it to people that do not wish us well. just taking money out of the military that they needed to go do their mission. that is what you would have had. [bell] >> governor, your response. mr. bredesen: let's just say, i am not really proposing or running a campaign based on putting cash on pallets and sending it to our enemies. i actually think this is a serious...
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but the question on tpp which was created by the obama by an administration and it's not only a trade deal that has geostrategic implications particularly for china. after the u.s. pulled out which replaced it was constructed in such a way that the united states could rejoin, if there is a buy-in administration i know that this is a difficult political issue but could you see a way for the administration to rejoin? >> i don't speak for the campaign personally. i would advocate that more as a matter of geopolitical strategy. i do think it also has trade benefits for us. some of our core allies came to the table and made concessions to get the deal done. the europeans are now benefiting from and we are not in a cutting from and i think that there is a a lot of export areas agriculture in particular and biopharmaceuticals, financial services, data services where we would see real growth and opportunity if we were to reenter. frankly what i thought tpp was trying to the fish is raising the standards of global commerce in a way with a threat of death china would inevitably give you a taste
but the question on tpp which was created by the obama by an administration and it's not only a trade deal that has geostrategic implications particularly for china. after the u.s. pulled out which replaced it was constructed in such a way that the united states could rejoin, if there is a buy-in administration i know that this is a difficult political issue but could you see a way for the administration to rejoin? >> i don't speak for the campaign personally. i would advocate that more...
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obama's administration, the growth in his time, you should not forget that obama had seen the country totally wiped out and we know what happened. we should be fair in criticizing the past. but coming to the future, for me, i still do not believe that those corporations, when they lower their taxes, they are kind enough to invest in the united states. that's the bottom line. the idea that when the reach -- when the rich and the powerful will be kind for the average americans, we have seen that. i'm not against tax cutting blindly time not rushing this. we should take our time. maybe we should be talking to because as you try to elaborate, there are many people who are going to be hurt by these things. case, if this thing passes, the verdict will be on the people. if we don't see it, we're going to kick out all these guys and 2018 and we will back to square one to maybe say we have to dismantle this tax. we should not play a children's game. what this country needs is stability in politics, but don't see any stability or wisdom in our politics. i fear is that we will be a country of wh
obama's administration, the growth in his time, you should not forget that obama had seen the country totally wiped out and we know what happened. we should be fair in criticizing the past. but coming to the future, for me, i still do not believe that those corporations, when they lower their taxes, they are kind enough to invest in the united states. that's the bottom line. the idea that when the reach -- when the rich and the powerful will be kind for the average americans, we have seen that....
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admin straight -- obama administration over its own overreach of federal powers. these are people with a deeply found police -- belief in law. they are running the government. random things happen in donald trump's head. until you can prove to me that they have been put in action, then they are nothing more than your fears and rhetoric. [applause] >> ok. this has been a terrific debate. i have been superfluous as a moderator. that is a great sign of a terrific conversation. [laughter] important issues being tackled. i am conscious we have our closing statements. we will put three minutes on a clock for each of you. we will do our closing statements as is the tradition of these debates, in the opposite order of our opening remarks. so newt gingrich, you will be a first with your three-minute closing statement. >> let me just suggest to you that, had they worded the proposal for the debate differently, it would have been impossible to have any arguments. if they had said, donald trump is a poo poo head and says really weird thing sometimes. it would have been tough.
admin straight -- obama administration over its own overreach of federal powers. these are people with a deeply found police -- belief in law. they are running the government. random things happen in donald trump's head. until you can prove to me that they have been put in action, then they are nothing more than your fears and rhetoric. [applause] >> ok. this has been a terrific debate. i have been superfluous as a moderator. that is a great sign of a terrific conversation. [laughter]...
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they have been more intensified during the obama administration, i believe. the talks and concerns have been going on for about a decade. host: eight suites as we're talking, the u.s. is replaying the carter administration, hopefully we will get a reagan type leader in 2016. let's go to maryland. you are on withh lara jakes. caller: good morning. i'm iranian. i'm watching this as i watch the iraq war. those who were behind the iraq war definitely sinus in congress and supporting congress and also the senate. lieberman and others, the group that push the president to occupy iraq. host: what's your question? caller: my question is this -- how long is the united states going to go into the same trap? why are you saying -- as you know, the supreme leader of iran cannot say anything wrong. the fact that the supreme leader said we will not do this. he said the same thing. it is not the islamic thing to do. host: do you want to pick up some of that? guest: sure. as far as iran being a threat, i understand what you are saying. i suppose i would turn the question back
they have been more intensified during the obama administration, i believe. the talks and concerns have been going on for about a decade. host: eight suites as we're talking, the u.s. is replaying the carter administration, hopefully we will get a reagan type leader in 2016. let's go to maryland. you are on withh lara jakes. caller: good morning. i'm iranian. i'm watching this as i watch the iraq war. those who were behind the iraq war definitely sinus in congress and supporting congress and...
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it is time for the obama administration to level with americans about what's happening here. it is time to stop blaming republicans and start talking about what needs to change." so it's interesting to see that "the chicago tribune," the president hometown paper, is calling for exactly what i have been calling for since july -- for a one-year time out to protect the american people from the harmful effects of this law, a law the president has announced his not ready for prime time, a law that the president himself has indicated he is not willing to follow as was written. incidentally, this was again exactly what we were arguing for in july and now appears in the president hometown paper. almost everyone but the president seems to recognize that this law is going to be terrible for the american people. it is costing jobs, hurting families, making people's health care situation worse, and it will not solve the problems in our broken health care system. let me be clear -- there will be very real consequences for people in both parties as a result of the implantation of this law.
it is time for the obama administration to level with americans about what's happening here. it is time to stop blaming republicans and start talking about what needs to change." so it's interesting to see that "the chicago tribune," the president hometown paper, is calling for exactly what i have been calling for since july -- for a one-year time out to protect the american people from the harmful effects of this law, a law the president has announced his not ready for prime...
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in terms of the early warning systems, as far as the obama administration and i am concerned as to the administrator, the more transparency we have, the better. i would like to have a dialogue with you about the early morning recording system and your thoughts about how we can improve transparency going forward. >> consumers to report safety complaints to nhtsa, as well. these are made public. does it make sense to you that when a consumer reports a safety problem directly to nhtsa, it goes into a publicly searchable database but when a consumer and not knowing that they can complain to nhtsa instead reports it to a car company, that it becomes confidential business information without a requirement that the public learn about it. do you think that is right or do you think that information should as well have to be made public because it is given to nhtsa as part of a public report? >> this event is tuition believes and transparency. there would happily talk about how to make our databases more transparent? >> do think it should be information the public should have question marks that
in terms of the early warning systems, as far as the obama administration and i am concerned as to the administrator, the more transparency we have, the better. i would like to have a dialogue with you about the early morning recording system and your thoughts about how we can improve transparency going forward. >> consumers to report safety complaints to nhtsa, as well. these are made public. does it make sense to you that when a consumer reports a safety problem directly to nhtsa, it...
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choice neighborhoods, promised neighborhoods, that the obama administration was doing at the time. so, i had a passion for that. hud fits with that passion. steve: any advice that your predecessor gave you? days after ia few got a call to the president, i sat down with henry and he went through the department, the structure of it, the organization, he gave me his advice. probably the best advice that he has given me has been to pick your priorities. in these jobs, whether it is mayor or hud secretary or governor, whenever it is, ceo, nlye president -- there are o certain things you are going to be able to fully accomplish and you can only do that if you focus your attention on those priorities. in his advice was to not let a single day go by without measuring how you're doing on those three or four important priorities. steve: so, what are your priorities? ere, the biggest priority has been transitioning this is the department of opportunity. housing is a greater platform despite reader opportunity in people's lives. a good example of that as last summer, the president announced co
choice neighborhoods, promised neighborhoods, that the obama administration was doing at the time. so, i had a passion for that. hud fits with that passion. steve: any advice that your predecessor gave you? days after ia few got a call to the president, i sat down with henry and he went through the department, the structure of it, the organization, he gave me his advice. probably the best advice that he has given me has been to pick your priorities. in these jobs, whether it is mayor or hud...
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administration. they belong to the american people. so in february, the state department revealed to us, the committee, for the first time that secretary clinton used only a personal email system during her time at the state department. previous committees had not uncovered that. not that they had not asked, ok -- work has been going on on this since 2012. many committees did fine work and asked the state department many questions. at no point until then, despite extensive negotiation with the state department over the past eight months, because our committee was stood up last summer -- never did the state department reveal to us that the department was not in possession of the secretary's emails or that the secretary used only a private email to conduct agency business. never. for all that period of time that we were negotiating with state department lawyers and we were talking about what we needed to move this investigation forward they never shared with us that they didn't have her emails. on marc
administration. they belong to the american people. so in february, the state department revealed to us, the committee, for the first time that secretary clinton used only a personal email system during her time at the state department. previous committees had not uncovered that. not that they had not asked, ok -- work has been going on on this since 2012. many committees did fine work and asked the state department many questions. at no point until then, despite extensive negotiation with the...
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president barack obama ordered administration officials to start setting new fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy trucks by marched 20 -- by march 2016. the president spoke at a safeway distribution center and upper middle bro, maryland. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> good morning, everybody. it is good to be here. i want to thank jack jacobs and all the partners at safeway for having us here today at this busy distribution center where delivery trucks get everything from doritos to diapers where they need to go. by the way, i have a soft spot heby the way, i have a soft spot for safeway in my heart because some of you may know i went to high school and lived with my grandparents -- our main grocery store was safeway. [applause] my grandmother would send me out to go shop at safeway and everybody treated me very well so i very much appreciate the good work you guys do. i want to thank all the workers and business people and labor leaders and environmental leaders who are here today as we take another big step to grow our economy and reduce ame
president barack obama ordered administration officials to start setting new fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy trucks by marched 20 -- by march 2016. the president spoke at a safeway distribution center and upper middle bro, maryland. >> ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> good morning, everybody. it is good to be here. i want to thank jack jacobs and all the partners at safeway for having us here today at this busy distribution center where...
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this was not the start of the obama administration's program on green technology. this was a shot of adrenaline to restart the heart of an economy that was going down. that was how dramatic it was. we tend to forget that there was no private investment. the man had collapsed. in that environment, almost every economist across-the-board would agree that you have to stimulate the economy somehow. the private sector is not doing it, the government is. we tend to forget how bad it was five years ago. i want to bring that into the discussion. host: that will be our final point. >> in violent protests yesterday and today, 26 are dead in the ukraine with hundreds wounded. the european union has called an extraordinary meeting of its 20 member countries to address the situation. the french foreign minister told foreign ministers that he and his counterpart in poland would join -- would go to ukraine today to meet with the opposition before the meeting. secretary of state john kerry said he was disturbed by the level of abuse, and says that we are talking about the possibil
this was not the start of the obama administration's program on green technology. this was a shot of adrenaline to restart the heart of an economy that was going down. that was how dramatic it was. we tend to forget that there was no private investment. the man had collapsed. in that environment, almost every economist across-the-board would agree that you have to stimulate the economy somehow. the private sector is not doing it, the government is. we tend to forget how bad it was five years...
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he has promised robust oversight of the obama administration. >> i am sure he has. speaking of oversight that is one of the few places on the senate side where they -- no, speaking of government -- homeland oversight? >> tom carper is set to take over that panel. joe lieberman is retiring and susan collins, the ranking republican, is term limits it out, as we were talking about what the house of folks. senate republicans have that same rule. it looks like it will be tom cole born -- tom coburn. he has a reputation for being a finger in the i kind of guy. but he has actually been very serious and a talented group of people work for him on the committee doing investigations and what not. carper is a pretty conciliatory guy. i actually think they will get along pretty well. and both of them will likely be focused on the government affairs part of the committee -- homeland security. i am sure they have a particular interest in that particular subject area. >> what other top seats are changing hands? >> another big one is budget committee. kent conrad is also retiring. p
he has promised robust oversight of the obama administration. >> i am sure he has. speaking of oversight that is one of the few places on the senate side where they -- no, speaking of government -- homeland oversight? >> tom carper is set to take over that panel. joe lieberman is retiring and susan collins, the ranking republican, is term limits it out, as we were talking about what the house of folks. senate republicans have that same rule. it looks like it will be tom cole born --...
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obama administration. the blame was cast on previous administrations in bringing it to the current situation. realistically, one year ago last month with the passage of the stimulus bill, this administration began its ownership of what was going to be their recovery. advocated for a $787 billion bill. . . now cost the american taxpayers $862 billion. we had to pass it without reading or thinking about it because we had to act quickly to keep the unemployment rate from going above 7%. it did not work out. it did not work out. row that money, unemployment has been on a rise to 10%, with a small reprieve today, and congressional budget office said the economic effect of the stimulus bill would go- negative starting at the beginning of this fiscal year. the country has lost 3 million jobs since the bill passed. the question is why? why did the administration and this congress passed this bill only to sit on the money, all the while paying interest on the loan, all jobs are leaving in droves? yesterday's in one
obama administration. the blame was cast on previous administrations in bringing it to the current situation. realistically, one year ago last month with the passage of the stimulus bill, this administration began its ownership of what was going to be their recovery. advocated for a $787 billion bill. . . now cost the american taxpayers $862 billion. we had to pass it without reading or thinking about it because we had to act quickly to keep the unemployment rate from going above 7%. it did not...
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it's comparing the first year of the reagan administration and the first year of the obama administration. i read an excerpt earlier. one of the points he makes is that the most pressing problem today is without doubt rampant joblessness yet president obama has largely focused on health care and global warming. guest: i don't know that's been such an intense focus, but certainly health care i think is properly viewed by most people and by the administration as part and parcel of the economic situation. i mean, the largest republican complaint about the work going on in health care is that it touches on something like 16% of the gdp or of the entire economy. for people who are out of work of course they're also losing their health care insurance or paying cobra extension rates. it's something that's kitchen table issue. and when there's a down economy, kitchen table issues is what's going to control. and health care is at the forefront. he made it plain he would like to get that done and move on to jobs. host: president reagan won 489 of the 500 votes, president obama won 365. additionally
it's comparing the first year of the reagan administration and the first year of the obama administration. i read an excerpt earlier. one of the points he makes is that the most pressing problem today is without doubt rampant joblessness yet president obama has largely focused on health care and global warming. guest: i don't know that's been such an intense focus, but certainly health care i think is properly viewed by most people and by the administration as part and parcel of the economic...
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why did the obama administration will this back? guest: there were a couple of blog posts that came out from the administration last week, explaining why they had done this. we have been hearing a lot from the business community that the burden of reporting was going to be too great. that they were going to have to report. have tod -- we will tell you which employees have insurance, which ones were dependent, how many months of , too complex,hich we need more time, you need to simplify the process for us. we want you to work with us to do that, we simply need more time to do this and do it right. host: if this is a major part of the health care law, is this a significant setback? guest: it depends on who you talk to. most people would say that this is not. if you look at who is already offering insurance in the business community, if you look at who the mandate is going to apply to, january 1, 2014 or 2015, we are talking about employers with more than 50 employees. of that group, 96% of employers already offer insurance. , the even
why did the obama administration will this back? guest: there were a couple of blog posts that came out from the administration last week, explaining why they had done this. we have been hearing a lot from the business community that the burden of reporting was going to be too great. that they were going to have to report. have tod -- we will tell you which employees have insurance, which ones were dependent, how many months of , too complex,hich we need more time, you need to simplify the...
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in terms of the early warning system, as far as the obama administration is concerned and as far as i am concerned, the more transparency, the better. i would love to have a dialogue with you about the early warning reporting system in your thoughts on how we can improve transparency going forward. >> consumers to report safety complaints to nhtsa as well. these reports are made public. does it make sense that when a consumer reports a safety problem directly to nhtsa it goes into a publicly searchable database? when a consumer and not knowing they can complain to nhtsa instead reports it to a car company, it becomes confidential business information without a requirement that the public know about it. should that information be made public as well because it is given to any cash to say -- nhtsa as a report? >> we will have to talk about how we can make our databases more transparent. >> do you think that information is something the public should have? >> information's not be hidden in my personal opinion. -- informations about the hidden in my personal opinion. there are other thing
in terms of the early warning system, as far as the obama administration is concerned and as far as i am concerned, the more transparency, the better. i would love to have a dialogue with you about the early warning reporting system in your thoughts on how we can improve transparency going forward. >> consumers to report safety complaints to nhtsa as well. these reports are made public. does it make sense that when a consumer reports a safety problem directly to nhtsa it goes into a...
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[applause] president obama: that is more than any administration in history. that does include the really big body of water in the pacific ocean, but we have also already done the second-most public land of any administration official. we have -- in history. we have seen more victories under the invasive species act -- endangered species act than previous administrations. sea turtles and manatees. we are restoring more ecosystems like the grove of giant sequoias right here. we designated new monuments and historic sites that better reflect the story of all our people, along with those famous sites like gettysburg, we can also see monuments to cesar chavez or the pullman porters in chicago. [applause] president obama: we have got more work to do to support our land and culture and history. we are not done yet. last year, more than 305 people visited america's national parks. for this centennial, we are asking all americans to find your park, so that everyone, including those in underserved communities, can experience these wonders. in the past few years, we hav
[applause] president obama: that is more than any administration in history. that does include the really big body of water in the pacific ocean, but we have also already done the second-most public land of any administration official. we have -- in history. we have seen more victories under the invasive species act -- endangered species act than previous administrations. sea turtles and manatees. we are restoring more ecosystems like the grove of giant sequoias right here. we designated new...
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host: early reports indicate this is obama administration spinning diplomatic failure. mary is in florence wisconsin. caller: good morning. i believe that the president's efforts here are an effort to enhance his legacy only. this is all he wants to do is have something to put in his biography and unfortunately, the iranians are fully aware of this. even if some treaty or whatever they would call it would be signed this will not change the behavior rubeio. i am reminded of all of the negotiations with north korea and i wonder what did that ever accomplish. host: some of the tweets that we've been getting about this issue. this is laura, if five nations think it's a good framework, it's probably worth pursuing. another, the framework seems promising but the devil is in the details. mondaytyty says congratulations to a world with less nukes. sandy is in north charleston south carolina. democrat. hi sandy caller: thank you for taking my call. i think what happened with the agreement was a good thing. we've already been through war, you know, without any other power backing
host: early reports indicate this is obama administration spinning diplomatic failure. mary is in florence wisconsin. caller: good morning. i believe that the president's efforts here are an effort to enhance his legacy only. this is all he wants to do is have something to put in his biography and unfortunately, the iranians are fully aware of this. even if some treaty or whatever they would call it would be signed this will not change the behavior rubeio. i am reminded of all of the...
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house speaker calling on the obama administration to respond to the republicans' deficit proposal. president obama is at 9:00 eastern followed by speaker boehner. >> this weekend on c-span 3's american history tv, follow harry truman's eldest grandson to japan. >> everybody has their own view what happened and i don't want to argue survival to anyone in japan about the history. we're past that. and my whole purpose for being here is to listen to the living and to do what i can. >> sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 3. >> the supreme court will look at what was passed in 2008 by a majority of 6-3 i believe and going to say that is precedent. and indiana had a -- >> they decided on the indiana case. it was constitutional for them to establish i.d. they did not say that all of those states -- >> correct, they talked about indiana. let me finish because you misrepresented what i said. >> no, i didn't. >> the supreme court is the law of the land. >> when i hear these accusations that black people, voter i.d. laws disproportionately affect minorities -- it says to me that we have some
house speaker calling on the obama administration to respond to the republicans' deficit proposal. president obama is at 9:00 eastern followed by speaker boehner. >> this weekend on c-span 3's american history tv, follow harry truman's eldest grandson to japan. >> everybody has their own view what happened and i don't want to argue survival to anyone in japan about the history. we're past that. and my whole purpose for being here is to listen to the living and to do what i can....
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that is one of the problems that the obama administration has had. to use a term not in a derogatory sense because it came from a democrat, he said the president is just a drive-by senator. stock long enough to pick up his -- stopped long enough to pick up his paycheck, and then became president. biden was in the senate for 36 years, and they did not have a congressional relations team that had the institutional memory that was needed. now they have been forced to get institutional memory by all the start tissue they have acquired over the last while. >> great. i would like to go over audience questions now. >> thank you so much for a great presentation. i wondered how hurricane sandy and a possible need for feed it to get some embassies supplemental funding would impact the leg up, and if you talk about that and if you think the cr that goes through march will be folded into that the keep us through the end of the year? >> i will talk about that because i was the incorporator. the preparations process has not only broken down, it has been shut down,
that is one of the problems that the obama administration has had. to use a term not in a derogatory sense because it came from a democrat, he said the president is just a drive-by senator. stock long enough to pick up his -- stopped long enough to pick up his paycheck, and then became president. biden was in the senate for 36 years, and they did not have a congressional relations team that had the institutional memory that was needed. now they have been forced to get institutional memory by...
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president obama has claimed that his administration is the most transparent administration in history. with statements like gruber's indicate otherwise. it is long past time for congress to require transparency from the executive branch. earlier this year bipartisan majority in the house passed my bill, h.r. 899, the unfunded mandate information and transparency act which we call ue meeta. this bipartisan legislation would improve transparency and public disclosure of the true cost in dollars and jobs that federal dictates pose to the economy. asking the federal government to disclose the cost of a mandate in addition toits benefits should not be controversial. it's just plain common sense, mr. speaker. i call on the senate to pass umeta and put transparency back in government. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. burgess: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. burgess: mr. speaker, in 20
president obama has claimed that his administration is the most transparent administration in history. with statements like gruber's indicate otherwise. it is long past time for congress to require transparency from the executive branch. earlier this year bipartisan majority in the house passed my bill, h.r. 899, the unfunded mandate information and transparency act which we call ue meeta. this bipartisan legislation would improve transparency and public disclosure of the true cost in dollars...
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this is what i think obama and his administration face with the scott brown result. there is this ground swell of sent iment in terms of that we want our country back. countries. illegal immigrants. it's all in there. this is something that the white house is monitoring very closely. i'll be curious to see how it pans out not just in 2010 but in the election of two years. this comment from joe posted on our twitter page at twith.com. do you think future historians will agree that the fed saved us from the abyss or was it all a big con guest: the market is out on that still. 19 30's until we turn blue in the face. something toward normal. when and in he gets the pull away emergency stimulus and emergency low interest rates when taxpayers are paid ideally made whole. host: nick joining us from ind. republican line from business week. caller: gr morning. just curious. is it not frightening to throw around trillions of dollars? does that worry anybody? trillions here? trillions there? host: nick, do you know how many zeros are in a trillion? caller: is it 10? host: 12. c
this is what i think obama and his administration face with the scott brown result. there is this ground swell of sent iment in terms of that we want our country back. countries. illegal immigrants. it's all in there. this is something that the white house is monitoring very closely. i'll be curious to see how it pans out not just in 2010 but in the election of two years. this comment from joe posted on our twitter page at twith.com. do you think future historians will agree that the fed saved...
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i met with the obama administration people. we have investors who own these mortgages, ready to write them down. we are talking about principle reduction. a big obstacle is the holders of the second mortgages. there are people who hold second mortgages which are not worth anything. for a variety of reasons involving accounting rules, a number of people say -- many of them owned by the largest banks. i have written to them to ask how we can deal with the second mortgage issue. one of them is to give them shared equity potential for the future. we are continuing to find new ways to try to deal with this. the point i want to make is this. i think the people here best know this. we have had this false choice between home ownership and knocked -- and not. what we are looking for is responsible home ownership. you do know what a favor when you induce him or her to buy a home that he or she cannot afford or can't afford only if everything goes perfectly. -- or can afford only if everything goes perfectly, if you need no repairs, if no
i met with the obama administration people. we have investors who own these mortgages, ready to write them down. we are talking about principle reduction. a big obstacle is the holders of the second mortgages. there are people who hold second mortgages which are not worth anything. for a variety of reasons involving accounting rules, a number of people say -- many of them owned by the largest banks. i have written to them to ask how we can deal with the second mortgage issue. one of them is to...
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obama and the poor administration and policing the world. basically, whoever fires the next shot is the guilty party. i think obama is going to be all eyes on him and seeing what he does. bring a sure it will lot to his administration. russia and ukraine crisis going on -- it is spread out everywhere. andst think that mr. obama his administration should tread lightly and not police the world and corrupted. int: bruce jacksonville, florida. caller: i marvel at all of the information. the senator said that the faa put out a notice. when they were doing the coverage, they put out a notice to american airlines in april about flying over that area. they have a voice recording of ssian officers that shots on the plane and posted it on facebook. then, it disappeared from facebook. they said that they shot it down. he supposedly took the black boxes to moscow. and, they are removing bodies, which i think is despicable of anybody to do that. there's so much misinformation running around about it. and, the internet -- is treading lightly around having
obama and the poor administration and policing the world. basically, whoever fires the next shot is the guilty party. i think obama is going to be all eyes on him and seeing what he does. bring a sure it will lot to his administration. russia and ukraine crisis going on -- it is spread out everywhere. andst think that mr. obama his administration should tread lightly and not police the world and corrupted. int: bruce jacksonville, florida. caller: i marvel at all of the information. the senator...
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during the obama administration we have unemployment up 4.9%. we have people who are uninsured . moment where there is a good foundation to build upon, which i think is good. is, we are not seeing the kind of investment that we need in the united states. if the tax deal can get done where that encourages investment , brings corporate rates down so isare more competitive, that a positive opportunity and creates an opportunity with maybe a one-time tax on the $2.5 trillion outside the united states. so we can fund infrastructure -- i do not think it can fund $1 trillion of infrastructure, but perhaps several hundred billion dollars, which we need to be competitive. the other thing we cannot forget, which i think is a big thing from this election, the a norma's of anxiety among our people. us amount of anxiety among our people. what does life look like with globalization, automatic -- autonomous vehicles, the internet of things, impact the future of work? that is grading a lot of anxiety. bill,y, having a tax something our administration has tried to get done and not get it done wit
during the obama administration we have unemployment up 4.9%. we have people who are uninsured . moment where there is a good foundation to build upon, which i think is good. is, we are not seeing the kind of investment that we need in the united states. if the tax deal can get done where that encourages investment , brings corporate rates down so isare more competitive, that a positive opportunity and creates an opportunity with maybe a one-time tax on the $2.5 trillion outside the united...
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guest: this is a longstanding concern and one reason why the obama administration has said they're not interested in sending sophisticated weapons and to syria. the organization referred to in the article is considered one of the most effective fighting groups on the ground. many of the members are seasoned fighters from the i wrapped insurgency. there also -- iraq insurgency. while they may be somewhat smaller raley numbers, they're far more effective on the ground and it is a growing cause for concern in the situation in syria continues to deteriorate. the u.s. has decided or looks like they will designate the front as a terrorist organization. in that way, that may put some controls on the funding going into this organization and isolated from the other rebel groups on the ground. fact of the matter is in an environment as volatile as the one in syria, without a major presence on the ground, it's quite difficult to deal with an organization like this one. host: this photograph gives you just one neighborhood back in may in damascus with the broader question of what life is like in d
guest: this is a longstanding concern and one reason why the obama administration has said they're not interested in sending sophisticated weapons and to syria. the organization referred to in the article is considered one of the most effective fighting groups on the ground. many of the members are seasoned fighters from the i wrapped insurgency. there also -- iraq insurgency. while they may be somewhat smaller raley numbers, they're far more effective on the ground and it is a growing cause...
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all told, they are a bit ahead of where they were when the obama administration came in, and that is not to say that things have not gotten more complicated. the responsibility falls on the state department. how are they supposed to protect all the people they have there? these are serious and expensive issues. while the state department has seen some problems, they are under attack? never before. host: guest: ambassador stevensow into benghazi in the middle of the revolution in 2011 and started to help the rebels, which at that time were just rebels, no control of any city. he stayed in a hotel and worked to court made international support for the rebels. he was not even the massacre at the time. after the rebels won the war, he said of this compound as a temporary facility, which the report is critical of. it was a failure and a precursor to this incident, the fact that this mission was deemed a temporary facility which allow the state department to neglect security requirements that would have been put in place had been declared an official consulate. that is a huge part of the s
all told, they are a bit ahead of where they were when the obama administration came in, and that is not to say that things have not gotten more complicated. the responsibility falls on the state department. how are they supposed to protect all the people they have there? these are serious and expensive issues. while the state department has seen some problems, they are under attack? never before. host: guest: ambassador stevensow into benghazi in the middle of the revolution in 2011 and...
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outrage a swelling of that i think is forcing the obama administration to make some changes. from nsalearned director general keith alexander that the information that they received came from their nato aware ofhat they were the data collection going on, and some of the information came from the european governments themselves. guest: there is no question there is a healthy dose of political theater going on here, in the sense that spying has been going on since the beginning of time. spies,up is sending out constantinople was spying on the church in rome. what we're seeing now is not new. when francois hollande or chancellor merkel gets to the office in the morning and i start looking through their papers, they are seeing intelligence gathered against the united states, each other, italy. everyone knows that france spy on friends. what the europeans feel is that this has probably gone too far. it is to say that, he we really need to tap merkel's phone? do we need to download 70 million texts and phone calls of the french? it is causing a debate in the united states about whe
outrage a swelling of that i think is forcing the obama administration to make some changes. from nsalearned director general keith alexander that the information that they received came from their nato aware ofhat they were the data collection going on, and some of the information came from the european governments themselves. guest: there is no question there is a healthy dose of political theater going on here, in the sense that spying has been going on since the beginning of time. spies,up...
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romney has a serious criticism which he supplied consistently, to what the obama administration has done in illegally confiscating the property of bondholders of chrysler and general motors and giving it to his political patrons and paymasters, the united autoworkers. i think that also gives him a spring board to attack -- and i do not think he has done it so far really effectively but he has laid the groundwork -- to make the principal case against crony capitalism, for that is what the gm/chrysler/uaw bailout was, to bring into play issues like the $500 billion to solyndra the california company that went bankrupt. the forthcoming failure of the skirt automobile -- fisker automobile. the party of the little people prepared a car that will cost $50,000, assembled in delaware, the vice president's home state. it looks like that country -- that company is going the way of solyndra. you are helping the little guy by assisting the capitalists who are assembling a $110 thousand car. -- and $110,000 car. that is fruit for romney, if he takes the opportunity to take the case. he would focus on
romney has a serious criticism which he supplied consistently, to what the obama administration has done in illegally confiscating the property of bondholders of chrysler and general motors and giving it to his political patrons and paymasters, the united autoworkers. i think that also gives him a spring board to attack -- and i do not think he has done it so far really effectively but he has laid the groundwork -- to make the principal case against crony capitalism, for that is what the...
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the "wall street journal" reports, quote, the obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to iran that coincided with the january release of four americans detained in tehran. wooden pallettes filled with currencies were flown into iran on an unmarked cargo plane. iranian press reports have quoted iranian defense officials describing the cache as a ransom payment, end of quote. iran still chants, death to america. death to israel with new financing. in conclusion, god bless our troops and may the president by his actions never forget seven september 11 and the global war on terrorism. our sympathy to the family of fillies schafly, and american patriot who made a difference for limited government and expanded freedom. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. for what purpose does the gentlelady from tennessee seek recognition? >> to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady is recognized for one minute. mrs. blackburn: thank you, mr. speaker. it's so exciting to have time to be in our district every day and wo
the "wall street journal" reports, quote, the obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to iran that coincided with the january release of four americans detained in tehran. wooden pallettes filled with currencies were flown into iran on an unmarked cargo plane. iranian press reports have quoted iranian defense officials describing the cache as a ransom payment, end of quote. iran still chants, death to america. death to israel with new...
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this administration, the obama administration, has talked about sound investment in advanced manufacturing and enable us to stop the loss of manufacturing jobs where we're losing 1.1 out of four. we're still pretty high in terms of manufacturing jobs, but we have to stop that and the way we do it is by turning it around with policy and resource advocacy and i thank you again for your leadership in this regard. mr. garamendi: mr. tonko, thank you. i know your previous work before you came to congress several years ago was in the state of new york working on the innovation economy and you have certainly ramped up innovation economy in the state of new york and now you're bringing that experience here with legislation. . the make it in america agenda. i'm going to put it up quickly here, because you talked about this and the make it in america agenda is about rebuilding the middle class. 34 members of the democratic caucus talked last week about their legislation, dealing with trade and taxes, energy, labor education, research and infrastructure, about how that constellation of issues comes t
this administration, the obama administration, has talked about sound investment in advanced manufacturing and enable us to stop the loss of manufacturing jobs where we're losing 1.1 out of four. we're still pretty high in terms of manufacturing jobs, but we have to stop that and the way we do it is by turning it around with policy and resource advocacy and i thank you again for your leadership in this regard. mr. garamendi: mr. tonko, thank you. i know your previous work before you came to...
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he has promised robust oversight of the obama administration. >> i am sure he has. speaking of oversight that is one of the few places on the senate side where they -- no, speaking of government -- homeland oversight? >> tom carper is set to take over that panel. joe lieberman is retiring and susan collins, the ranking republican, is term limits it out, as we were talking about what the house of folks. senate republicans have that same rule. it looks like it will be tom cole born -- tom coburn. he has a reputation for being a finger in the i kind of guy. but he has actually been very serious and a talented group of people work for him on the committee doing investigations and what not. carper is a pretty conciliatory guy. i actually think they will get along pretty well. and both of them will likely be focused on the government affairs part of the committee -- homeland security. i am sure they have a particular interest in that particular subject area. >> what other top seats are changing hands? >> another big one is budget committee. kent conrad is also retiring. p
he has promised robust oversight of the obama administration. >> i am sure he has. speaking of oversight that is one of the few places on the senate side where they -- no, speaking of government -- homeland oversight? >> tom carper is set to take over that panel. joe lieberman is retiring and susan collins, the ranking republican, is term limits it out, as we were talking about what the house of folks. senate republicans have that same rule. it looks like it will be tom cole born --...
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you've got the obama administration now announcing the release of more nonviolent offenders. you have a big push now, the right wants to reduce the population to save money, and the left wants to help integrate folks back into society. this has become a leader in reducing the prison population. rick perry doesn't brag about it, and because of the way texas politics are set up, there's democrats in the texas legislature that are taking the lead on this mostly. but what we are seeing now a turnaround and the thing to me steve, you've got the right and left working together quite a lot in this town and across the country. you almost never read about it. we in the media, one of our pathologies is that we love bad news. we love conflict. if you are throwing down somebody, we'll be there to cover. but when you're working together, what's up with the back pages? host: some new hampshire activists are going to travel to austin, texas, to meet with governor rick perry. also this weekend, the union leader pointing out that senator ted cruz is in new hampshire this weekend meeting with
you've got the obama administration now announcing the release of more nonviolent offenders. you have a big push now, the right wants to reduce the population to save money, and the left wants to help integrate folks back into society. this has become a leader in reducing the prison population. rick perry doesn't brag about it, and because of the way texas politics are set up, there's democrats in the texas legislature that are taking the lead on this mostly. but what we are seeing now a...
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and under this administration, under president obama, we have seen record deficits and a record debt accumulate, and yet he keeps demanding that we have seen record deficits and a record debt accumulate, and yet he keeps demanding that we raise taxes to pay for more spending. this will only hurt our economy. ernst and young has done an analysis of the president's proposal and said it will cost several hundreds thousands of jobs. there is a better way and the speaker has laid it out. it is an approach that calls for tax reform by reforming the tax code and passing responsible spending cuts in order to get our fiscal house in order. that's what america wants. this is our opportunity to do the big things. this is our moment to provide that leadership that america desperately wants and we stand here ready to take the action necessary. >> the american people are hurting right now and now is the moment where we need to step up to the plate and solve the problem. cann't know how any of us look our kids and grandkids in the eye and explain to them that we aren't willing to pay for the things
and under this administration, under president obama, we have seen record deficits and a record debt accumulate, and yet he keeps demanding that we have seen record deficits and a record debt accumulate, and yet he keeps demanding that we raise taxes to pay for more spending. this will only hurt our economy. ernst and young has done an analysis of the president's proposal and said it will cost several hundreds thousands of jobs. there is a better way and the speaker has laid it out. it is an...